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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest use this hour in just four minutes. President Trump
says it's been a very successful day so far in
trying to broker a deal to end the Ukraine Russian War.
Trump first had a one on one meeting with Ukraine's president,
Vladimir Zelenski, and now they're meeting with US European allies

(00:23):
and the head of NATO. The President said he's already
spoken to Russias Vladimir Putin by phone, and we'll call
him again later today. Trump said any deal would involve
some sort of American security for Ukraine to head off
any more Russian aggression. Trump said he believes there might
be a three way meeting soon involving himself, Zelenski, and Putin.
Airic Canada has been forced to ground its fleet after
flight attendants to fight a government order to return to work.

(00:45):
NBC Sam Brock reports those flight attendants walked off the
job early Saturday.

Speaker 2 (00:50):
There Canada and the union have been negotiating for months.

Speaker 1 (00:53):
The main point of contention for the flight attendants they're
only paid while the plane is moving, and not before
or in between flights. Eric Canada yesterday had planned to
resume limited service, but was forced to press pause on
that plan. Industry analysts say about one hundred thousand people
have already seen their flights canceled. Worldwide, more National Guard
troops are heading to Washington, d C from Republican led states.

(01:16):
The governors of Ohio and South Carolina are sending a
combined three hundred and fifty soldiers to d C to
assist federal law enforcement. It all comes after West Virginia's
governor announced he was sending hundreds of troops to d
C as well. In recent days, President Trump has deployed
National Guard troops and federal law enforcement officers to address
crime and homelessness in the nation's capital. And President Trump

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is moving to eliminate mail in ballots ahead of the
twenty twenty six mid term elections. Ballots are corrupt mail
in ballots, so you could never have a real democracy
with mail in ballots. The President shared a post on
truth social which outlined his plan to lead a movement
to get rid of the mail in ballots, and it
targets what he called highly inaccurate, very expensive, and seriously

(01:57):
controversial voting machines. However, in recent months, the effort to
dramatically overhaul the way federal elections are run has faced
legal roadblocks. I'm Chris Garagio. The biggest powerball jackpot of
the year is up for grabs. Nobody matched all six
numbers and Saturday Nights big drawing of the nationwide lottery,
so the five hundred and sixty five million dollars jackpot
rolled over to six hundred and five million dollars ahead

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of tonight's drawing. The cash option on that works out
to a little over two hundred and seventy three million.
MSNBC will soon have a new name. The cable news
network will be known as My Source for News, Opinion
and the World, or ms NOW. The name change will
follow NBC Universals spinning off most of its cable channels
like USACNBCE and sci Fi into a new, publicly traded

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company called Versant. Ms NOW will be separate from NBC News,
and a memo to staff Monday for san CEO Mark
Lazarus said this will give the company the opportunity to
chart its own path forward. Wealthy sports fans are in
a bidding war over a one of a kind Michael
Jordan and Kobe Bryant basketball cart expected to sell for
more than six million dollars. Details now from Tammy Trihio.

Speaker 2 (03:05):
The card is from the two thousand and seven to
two thousand and eight Upper Deck Exquisite Collection and features
autographs from both basketball legends next to different NBA logo patches.
Kobe's signature parallels a blue, white and red patch, while
Michael's patch is gold and white. The final price is
expected to be at least six point one million dollars
when the official auction takes place at Heritage's Summer Platinum

(03:28):
Night Sports Auction. From August twenty third through the twenty fourth,
I'm Tammy Triheo.

Speaker 1 (03:33):
The Little League World Series continued Sunday in Williamsport, Pennsylvania,
with four elimination games. On the US side of the bracket,
Washington knocked off Massachusetts and Hawaii ousted Illinois. In the
international bracket, Canada beat Australia and Mexico took down Panama.
The tournament continues with four more games Today South Carolina
and Nevada we'll square off before Connecticut battles South Dakota

(03:55):
on the US side. Internationally, Japan takes on Venezuela and
Chinese Taipe pay will challenge Aruba. I'm Chris Graggio.